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<\/p>\nThe potential of a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval to drive prices up is dramatically underestimated by the crypto market, claim analysts from crypto research firm K33 \u2014 formerly Arcane Research.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a Sept. 5 market report, K33 senior analyst Vetle Lunde and vice president Anders Helseth said the last three months had greatly improved the chances of a spot Bitcoin ETF approval despite the sentiment not being reflected in the price of Bitcoin or other mainstay crypto assets. <\/p>\n
The analysts explained while Bitcoin had all but given up its gains in the wake of Grayscale\u2019s legal victory over the Securities and Exchange Commission \u2014 an approval would \u201cattract enormous inflows\u201d and significantly increase buying pressure for Bitcoin.<\/p>\n
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However, the downside of a potential spot ETF rejection would be \u201cnegligible\u201d and Bitcoin prices would simply maintain business as usual, they wrote.<\/p>\n
Lunde and Helseth added that given the increased likelihood of spot ETF approvals \u2014 with several Bloomberg analysts now predicting a 75% chance of approval within the year \u2014 the market’s outlook on ETFs is fundamentally incorrect. <\/p>\n
\u201cI firmly believe the market is wrong. This is, by all accounts, a buyer\u2019s market, and it\u2019s reckless not to aggressively accumulate BTC at current levels.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Bolstering their bullish prediction, the analysts looked to the recent 2% gain in the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index, often viewed as an indicator of the broader market’s risk appetite.<\/p>\n
ETH set to outperform BTC<\/h3>\n
Additionally, Lunde and Helserth shared their optimism for the price of Ether (ETH), explaining that ETH appears likely to outperform Bitcoin over the next two months as it will benefit from strong momentum ahead of a futures-based ETF listing.<\/p>\n